Building heating and cooling panel system



Aug. 19, 1947. v. L. YARBOROUGH 2,425,775

BUILDING HEATING AND COOLING PANEL SYSTEM Filed larch 6, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 In veil lor 7 Vi\) vien L.Yarborough T 2 M 1947- v. YARBOROUGH BUILDING HEATING AND COOLING PANEL SYSTEM Filed March -6, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I upentor lvvien l atente d Aug. 19, 1947 UNITED STATES OFFICE BUILDING HEATING AND OOOLIN G PAN EL SYS TEM 'Vivvien L. Yarboro lSanFr n isco, Ca i Application March 6, 1945, SerialINo. 581,301 1 Claim. (01. 2.5.7Z

This invention relates to a system of heating buildings in cold weather and cooling them in warm weather, by combining with the wall and roof panels conduits which form supports and connecting means for the panels, and through which the heating medium circulates in cold weather and the cooling medium circulates in warm weather.

One of the objects of the invention is to combine with a simple wall and roof panel structure, vertical and lateral, and longitudinal conduits, which are equipped with connecting and spacing means for mounting the panels in place, and provided with controls for controlling the flow of a fluid heating medium through the conduits in cold weather and for controlling the flow of a fluid cooling medium through the conduits in warm weather.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in certain new and useful constructions, combinations and arrangements of parts, clearly described in the following specification, and fully shown in the drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a complete one story building, showing the air conditioning conduits in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of the conduits.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the building, showing certain of the panels in mounted position against the conduits.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view, taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows, and broken away for View contracting purposes.

Fig. 6 is a detail fragmentary view, showing one of the ties between a conduit and a heating or cooling medium supply source.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the practical embodiment of my invention 5 designates floor stringers and 6 cross beams laid thereon, on which flooring I may be mounted.

At each side of the flooring two stringers B and 9 are arranged in spaced and parallel relation, and between these stringers or members the return conduits or pipes ID are disposed. From the return pipes radiating conduits or pipes I I extend vertically to establish the side wall limits on each side of the floor.

The upper ends of the vertical conduits or pipes H are bent upwardly and inwardly toward each gather, to establish the angles of the roof slopes 2 and to provide overhead panel supports l2 on opposite sides of the longitudinal center of the roof structure.

The upper ends of the supporting conduits or pipes l2 are connected to the feed pipes l3, arranged on opposite sides of the center line of the roof, and midway of these pipes and parallel with them, the main overhead feed pipe I4 is located. This pipe communicates with the secondary feed pipe headers l3 on each side thereof, through lateral branches 15. The central or main feed pipe I4 is connected at one end to the upper end of a riser la, the lower end of which communicates with a pipe I6 which is connected through the valve I! with a steam or hot water supply source, and through the valve I8 with a cold water source.

All conduits or pipes used are to be of wrought iron or steel, and properly protected against corrosion, and the pipes are disposed in multiples on the sides and over the enclosed area of the building room, so as to afford. ample radiating or heat transfer surface for the bounded area.

The vertical and overhead pipes II and I2 are crossed by steel angles [9, which are welded or otherwise connected thereto and project outwardly from the pipes, so as to form supports for an insulation applied over the outer surfaces of the pipes H and I 2. These supports I9 also serve as supporting for the steel or other panels 20, which are connected in place thereon by means of screws, bolts or other fastening means, or by welding directly to the steel angles.

The heat transfer pipes II and I2 thus establish the molding lines for the development of the walls and roof of the building structure, and the angles l9 provide supports for the panels.

End walls are attached in the usual manner to the side walls, and any form of interior finishing may be used.

The flow of the heating medium is from the feed pipe l4 and headers in the roof, downwardly through the pipes 12 and the pipes II in the sides of the building, to the return conduit or pipes ID. The cooling of the bounded space, by the flow of cold water takes place in the same manner, though it may be reversed so as to take place from the bottom upwardly.

It is understood that the principle of the invention, and the combination set forth, may be applied to any typeof building, constructed either from special architectural plans, or fabricated according to standardized commercial methods, and may be applied to a works cabin, to an out office or station house, to a private home, or to a large mill or factory, or military building, within the limits of the invention as defined in the claim hereof.

Having described my invention I claim as new:

In a building structure, spaced parallel sills forming a rectangular frame, a pair of spaced parallel stringers on each side at opposite sides of the frame, fluid return pipes between stringers spaced parallel heat radiating or absorbing pipes rising from the return pipes and forming columns for the support of the side wall panels of the building, inwardly and upwardly extending heat radiating or absorbing runs at the upper ends of the heat radiating or absorbing pipes and forming rafters for the support of the roof panels of the building, a header joining the upper ends of the heat radiating and absorbing runs, said headers lying in spaced parallel relation longitudinally of the building, a fluid feed pipe midway between the headers, branch pipes periodically connecting the feed pipe to the headers and means selectively to introduce a heating fluid or a cooling fluid into the system.

VIV'VIEN L. YARBOROUGH.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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